A MIRACLE in Riyadh for Sami Zayn! | Night of Champions Recap

Summary

WWE Now: A MIRACLE in Riyadh for Sami Zayn! | Night of Champions Recap

Date: June 27, 2026
Hosts: Sam Roberts & Megan Morant
Podcast: WWE Now (WWE x Fanatics Podcasts)

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Episode Overview

This episode of WWE Now recaps the electrifying events of WWE Night of Champions 2026 from Riyadh, with a heavy focus on the monumental victory of Sami Zayn, who became the Undisputed WWE Champion. Sam Roberts and Megan Morant deliver deep analysis, discuss emotional moments and significant implications, and also cover the crowning of the new King and Queen of the Ring, as well as highlights from other major matches and WWE storylines.

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Sami Zayn's Miracle Moment: The New WWE Champion

The Journey and the Win

• Emotional Impact: The hosts begin by capturing the shock and jubilation of Sami Zayn's WWE Championship victory over Cody Rhodes in a triple threat that also included Gunther.
• A Decade in the Making: They recount Zayn's decade-plus WWE journey and years on the indies, emphasizing the naysayers he had to silence.
  • “[Zayn's win] was an over 10 year journey…another decade outside of the WWE with people looking at him in the face and saying, you're never going to be WWE Champion.” (WWE Analyst 1, 03:41)
• Key Match Moments: Discussion of Cody’s past promo, Gunther’s underestimation, and the pivotal in-ring moments during the match.
  • “Sami Zayn pulled the referee out of the ring. Yes, maybe Cody would have won the match there. Maybe that's a triple threat.” (WWE Analyst 1, 09:29)
  • “There was also a moment where Cody was in that sleeper…and Sami Zayn catching Cody's arm, not allowing it to hit the mat…talk about a technicality.” (WWE Analyst 1, 09:37)
• Underdog Triumph: The analysts draw parallels to previous WWE emotional championship moments, recognizing Zayn's perseverance through setbacks and fan doubts.
  • “He could lose the title tomorrow, but it won't mean that you're taking away the fact that he had it.” (WWE Analyst 1, 06:46)

Fan and Superstar Reaction

• Riyadh Crowd: Commentary on the electric reaction Sami Zayn received from a global fanbase and especially the crowd in Riyadh.
• Everlasting Status:
  • “He's once a world champion, always a world champion. He now joins that club. He can now look at his son in the face and said, your dad's got one, right?” (WWE Analyst 2, 06:52)
• The “You Deserve It” Chant:
  • “Sami Zayn gets to answer the you deserve it chants by saying, yeah, I do deserve it. Yeah. I have worked for this.” (WWE Analyst 1, 05:42)

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[01:26 – 14:21] Match Breakdown: Sami Zayn vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther

• Cody’s Downfall: The hosts analyze Cody’s motivation for demanding a triple threat, referencing him underestimating Zayn.
  • “Cody's the one who demanded this triple threat match…He could have just remained the undisputed WWE champion…But he certainly didn't have to face Sam[Zayn].” (WWE Analyst 1, 08:39)
• Gunther’s Loss: Attention on Gunther’s “moment being stolen” by Zayn for the second time.
  • “Gunther has had his kind of moment stolen from him now by Sami Zayn twice.” (WWE Analyst 1, 09:09)
• The Final Pin: Emphasis on the shock that Zayn specifically pinned Cody Rhodes, not Gunther—a major storytelling twist.
  • “That's my point. Right? [Cody] get pinned. Never.” (WWE Analyst 1, 12:45)

Memorable Quotes:

• “Sami Zayn is the WWE Champion. In a blink and you missed it moment.” (WWE Analyst 1, 01:26)
• “The last real good guy, the number one underdog, Sami Zayn, now the undisputed WWE champion. And WWE's in chaos.” (WWE Analyst 2, 02:20)
• “He can now look at his son in the face and say, your dad's got one.” (WWE Analyst 2, 07:00)

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[19:52 – 27:41] King and Queen of the Ring: Oba Femi and Iyo Sky

Oba Femi’s Ascendancy

• King of the Ring Final: Oba Femi defeats Jey Uso using his power, tenacity, and “destiny incarnate” mindset.
• SummerSlam Implications: Speculation over whether Oba will challenge Sami Zayn or Roman Reigns—and who poses a greater challenge.
  • “If Oba Femi chooses Sami Zayn [for SummerSlam], does Sami Zayn have a prayer of this title run lasting more than five weeks?” (WWE Analyst 1, 27:16)
• Historical Parallels:
  • “In 2002, a gentleman won the King of the Ring tournament…went to SummerSlam and won the undisputed championship. That gentleman's name was Brock Lesnar.” (WWE Analyst 1, 27:56)

Iyo Sky’s Triumph

• Queen of the Ring Final: Iyo Sky outlasts Liv Morgan, out-strategizing her and combating a curse from Danhausen.
  • “Iyo sky becomes the queen of the ring. Not only was I not surprised by this, I was shocked by how confident Liv Morgan was in the whole thing.” (WWE Analyst 1, 37:25)
• Immediate Challenge: Iyo Sky immediately signals pursuit of Liv Morgan’s championship at SummerSlam.

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[49:07 – 57:31] Cage Match: Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breaker

• Setup and Stakes: The match is positioned as the finale to the Rollins/Breaker rivalry, as both men wish for a definitive outcome.
  • “The bell rang and they were still sitting in those chairs…surrounded by solid steel…This is not a chapter. This is definitive.” (WWE Analyst 1, 49:43)
• Match Story: Both men fill the ring with weapons; Braun demonstrates resilience, Rollins finally puts him away with a Super Stomp.
• Results and Fallout: Discussion about what the loss means for Braun Breaker and Rollins’ possible end to Vision/Heyman interference.
  • “I don't think there's any questioning how great Braun Breaker is…if you watch that match and you're not saying Bron Breaker is the future of this industry, you didn't watch the match.” (WWE Analyst 1, 57:09)

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[59:01 – 65:51] Other Major Segments & Storylines

Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill (Women's U.S. Championship)

• Multiple interferences: Baddies, Chelsea Green (returning), and especially Charlotte Flair, who costs Jade the match and sets up further drama with Tiffany Stratton.
  • “Charlotte Flair shows up out of nowhere, hits Jade Cargill with the championship...” (WWE Analyst 1, 59:05)

Trick Williams vs. Ricky Saints (U.S. Title)

• Lil Yachty’s Involvement: Celebrity involvement with crowd-pleasing moments; Yachty delivers the “Yacht Drop” on Saints after being ejected earlier.
  • “At the end of the match…Lil Yachty lays out what I would call a people's elbow…Michael Cole calling it the Yacht Drop…I do feel like Cole wins this round.” (WWE Analyst 1, 64:59)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Sami Zayn:
  • “The love for Sami Zayn in that building combined with the ‘Oh my God, are we going to get a moment that we just didn't see coming?’ I think is what gave us this incredible ending to an insane show.” (WWE Analyst 1, 05:42)
• On Gunther:
  • “Gunther has had his kind of moment stolen from him now by Sami Zayn twice.” (WWE Analyst 1, 09:09)
• On Liv Morgan & Iyo Sky:
  • “Iyo pointed right at Liv Morgan and said, I'll see you at SummerSlam.” (WWE Analyst 1, 44:10)
• On Oba Femi:
  • “This idea of Oba not being on destiny's side, but Oba being destiny incarnate…” (WWE Analyst 1, 25:14)
• On Lil Yachty’s “Yacht Drop”:
  • “People's elbow…But then when Michael Cole dropped Yacht drop, I said, he wins.” (WWE Analyst 2, 65:09)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:26] Show proper opening; celebration and analysis of Sami Zayn’s title win.
• [04:34] The origins and meaning of Zayn’s journey—from fan doubt to family inspiration.
• [09:29] Dissection of pivotal match events in the triple threat.
• [13:42] “Match of the year contender?”—The story behind Zayn’s big moment.
• [19:52] Shift to King & Queen of the Ring, merch details, and Oba Femi discussion.
• [37:25] Iyo Sky’s Queen of the Ring win and ensuing feud with Liv Morgan.
• [49:07] In-depth coverage of Rollins vs. Breaker and implications for The Vision.
• [59:01] Women’s U.S. Title multi-woman drama, Charlotte’s interference.
• [63:51] Trick Williams and Lil Yachty’s crowd-pleasing U.S. Title match moment.

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Recurring Themes & Tone

• Analytical yet Excitable: Both hosts ride the peaks of WWE storytelling with fandom and insight, celebrating Zayn’s moment while dissecting the business impacts across multiple storylines.
• Humor & Banter: The episode is studded with playful jabs (especially at Liv Morgan and regarding Megan's penchant for predicting breakups) and a lighthearted approach to intense moments.
• WWE Nostalgia & Big Picture Reflection: Frequent nods to how moments fit into the broader history of WWE storytelling, including references to past champions and pivotal milestone events.
• Engagement With Fans: Host Sam Roberts addresses the impact of live crowd reactions and social media, underscoring wrestling’s uniquely interactive storytelling.

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Final Thoughts / Looking Ahead

• WWE enters an unpredictable new era with Sami Zayn as champion, Oba Femi looming as challenger, and SummerSlam on the horizon.
• Iyo Sky’s win positions her against Liv Morgan for a newly intensified feud.
• Rollins and Bron Breaker’s chapter may be closing, but Paul Heyman and The Vision may not be done.
• The show ends with anticipation for Raw, more fallout, and the shifting WWE landscape.

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Listen for deep dives, nostalgia, heated debates, and laughs—this episode captures the gravity and excitement of a seismic WWE PLE!

Transcript

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[WWE Analyst 1]

Oh, we have a king of the ring crown. We have a Queen of the ring crown. And oh yeah, Sami Zayn is the WW Champion. This is the Night of Champions recap on WWE now in WWE and Fanatics original production. Sometimes you have to shout, Megan. You have to shout so the whole world can hear. Sometimes you have to shout so you can hear yourself in your ears. Just so you can. You can. You can feel what it feels like to say these things that maybe in your darkest days you thought you'd never be able to say. For instance, Sami Zayn is the WWE Champion in a blink and you missed it. Moment.

[Grainger Commercial Voice]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 2]

The last real good guy, the number one underdog, Sami Zayn, now the undisputed WWE champion. And WWE's in chaos.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Would you say it's in chaos? I don't think it's in chaos.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I think it's in chaos.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Well, how is it in chaos?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Because Sami Zayn is the undisputed WWE Champion. I did not see that coming.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Okay, well, chaos. I mean, I don't. You may not have seen it coming, but Sami Zayn went into Night of Champions and he pinned The WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes shoulders to the mat. One, two, three. And maybe the ideas of normalcy have devolved into chaos. Maybe, maybe because Cody Rhodes on Smackdown, like, I don't know, two weeks ago held up the WWE Championship and looked at Sami Zayn in the eyes and said, here's the thing, as long as I have this, you never will. And Cody Rhodes was wrong because tonight Sami Zayn pinned Cody Rhodes and became the WWE Champion. And I mean, you know, a lot can be made about the story that's being told right now, but you have to go back. And, and, and we heard Sami Zayn right after the match talking about it, and we heard Sami Zayn shouting into the camera after winning the match about how long this has been and the fact that this has been an over 10 year journey just within the WWE and then another decade outside of the WWE with people looking at him in the face and saying, you're never going to be WWE Champion. With fans going to shows and saying, no matter whether I like that guy or not, that guy's never going to be WWE Champion. In February of 2023, walking out of an arena in Montreal going, well, that was the moment. If it wasn't going to happen there, it's not going to happen. And he kept going to the point where, even at the beginning of this, maybe tail end of last year, very beginning of this year, when he told that story about his son sitting at

[WWE Analyst 2]

Saturday night's main event watching John Cena's last match, asking his father, how many world Championships have you won, dad?

[WWE Analyst 1]

Well, yeah, John Cena got 17. How many did you get? And Sami Zayn said, zero. And Sami Zayn said, this is the year that I'm going to get one. This is the year that I'm going to get the WWE Championship. And you know what? We all said?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Okay, Sammy.

[WWE Analyst 1]

No, okay, this is what we all said. You said that last year. That's what I said. You said that last year.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I said, okay, Sammy, and sort of rolled my eyes and thought, that ain't going to happen.

[Grainger Commercial Voice]

And it did.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And here we are with Sami Zayn. And it really was. And you could see it on his face. It was almost like that bell rang and the ring announcer was making his announcement and Dan Engler was handing Sami Zayn the WWE Championship. And it was almost like in that moment, Sami Zayn was looking at the referee going, are you sure? You know, is this real? And started pitching himself.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It happened so fast. I think all of us felt that.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yes. I mean, listen, Sami Zayn has been talking about his ride or dies.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

For some time now. And we had an arena full of Sami Zayn ride or dies in Riyadh tonight to. To watch this and to celebrate with Sami Zayn. Listen, there are just as many Cody Rhodes fans as there are Sami Zayn fans in the question. Cody Rhodes got the, the. That same level of reaction, but the love for Sami Zayn in that building combined with the, oh, my God, are we going to get a moment that we just didn't see coming? I think is what gave us this incredible ending to an insane show. And Sami Zayn gets to answer the you deserve it chance by saying, yeah, I do deserve it. Yeah. I have worked for this. Yes. I'm the WWE Champion. And, and I love what Sami Zayn said right after the match because I think that it's the right attitude to have that tomorrow doesn't matter because because of what happened right now. Right now can never be taken away. He could lose the title tomorrow, but it won't mean that you're taking away the fact that he had it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

He's once a world champion, always a world champion. He now joins that club. He can now look at his son in the face and said, your dad's got one, right?

[WWE Analyst 1]

And here it is. 1. Touch it. And it's like touching. It's right there.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And I have to be honest, I was, I was one of the people that when Sami Zayn said, this is the year I'm going to do it, I said, yeah, okay, Sammy, we'll see about that.

[WWE Analyst 1]

What else?

[WWE Analyst 2]

And heading into tonight's match, not only did two weeks ago Cody Rhodes say, as long as I'm holding this title, you never will. But less than 24 hours ago on Smackdown, Gunter referred to Sammy as a non factor.

[WWE Analyst 1]

A non factor. Cody called him a mosquito. Cody said, I just want to slap him away. And by the way, I mean, look, look back in time. Cody's the one who went to, to, to Nick Aldis and said, I gotta beat them both. I need a Triple Threat match. I need. This was all his doing. And, and you can say, wow. Triple Threat Champions advantage this. Cody's the one who got pinned. And Cody sitting there in the ring had a look on his face. I could only Compare it to WrestleMania 39. Wow. Realize it's the look on his face when he realizes that he didn't. He didn't get it done. But if you look at it, it's that same sitting position. Realize there's nothing. There's nothing he can do about it. But there's an anger more than a disappointment. And you wonder if he's angry that it happened, if he's angry at Sami Zayn, or if he's angry at himself for getting lumped into this whole thing and allowing this tornado to spin and spin and spin until it spits him out without the championship.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I imagine that last part and anger with himself has to be a factor.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Right?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Has to be a factor. Because you're right, Cody walked into this triple threat match. He's the one who demanded this triple threat match. He could have just remained the undisputed WWE champion having beat, having beaten gun her twice. And yes, I know a referee. Yes, I know Sami Zayn got involved in the quick count, but a win's a win.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah, I mean, listen, I don't think there's any way Cody was walking out of that, not having to face Gunther again. But he certainly didn't have to face Sam.

[WWE Analyst 2]

No, he didn't.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And he wanted to. But, you know, I mean, maybe his emotions got the best of him. I don't know. Because I, I, I'm, I'm very curious to see where Gunther lands on all this because Gunther has had his kind of moment stolen from him now by Sami Zayn twice.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Sami Zayn being in this match completely altered the trajectory that Gunther would have had. And look, there were moments in this match where you can say, well, I'll bet if Cody had had the opportunity to pin Gunther, he would have gotten him. There was that one moment where Sami Zayn pulled the referee out of the ring. Yes, maybe Cody would have won the match there. Maybe that's a triple threat. There was also a moment where Cody was in that sleeper. And I think a lot of us, myself included, for a moment thought it was over that Gunther was taking this and Sami Zayn catching Cody's arm, not allowing it to hit the mat, which is, I mean, talk about a technicality on getting out of a sleeper hold. But it is what it is.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It's crazy that Sammy saves Cody and then pins Cody.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I mean, listen, I don't think Sammy saved Cody. I think Sammy saved himself. And by saying by stopping Cody's arm from touching the mat, he was saving himself. Because if Cody's arm hits that mat, Sami Zayn loses too. I don't think there was any part of Sami Zayn going, oh, gee, Cody's about to lose. I better stop that. Other than saying that for pure I'm

[WWE Analyst 2]

not about to win self interest.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's right.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I better figure this out.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's right. But you got to believe that Gunther's looking at this moment right here going, I can't believe he did it again. I can't believe Sammy ruined another one for me.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It's a thing. Not long ago, Gunter is the one who selected Sammy to be the special guest referee.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's right. I mean, Gunther is usually a chess player above all other chess players, but in this one, and you know why. And Cody's the same way. Both of them clearly underestimated Sami Zayn.

[WWE Analyst 2]

The story of Sami Zayn and they.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And they did it to a detrimental level. Both of them using different language, considered him a non factor. And he shows up now and especially. And I think more when fans started to boo Sami Zayn and when the fans started to kind of get tired of his, like whining and complaining and beating up water bottles. And by the way, it was basically a fatal four way because Sami Zayn beat up another water bottle tonight at Night of Champions.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah, I saw that one on the announced desk.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Oh, yeah. That water bottle wasn't going to get that. No, but I think that they did. I think that they did. They said, okay, well, we can have this accessory here. While Cody and I. Well, Cody and Gunther have this match. They'll beat up Sami Zayn on the side, not realizing that something lit a fire in Sami Zayn. Can you imagine? You know, Cause you go back to like Hulk Hogan beating the Iron Chic at Madison Square Garden and Andre the Giant showing up in the dressing room and dumping a bottle of champagne over the new champion's head. Can you imagine the party that Sami Zayn and Johnny Gargano are going to have to celebrate this? And Candace lerae just standing there, no

[WWE Analyst 2]

one acknowledging Candace leray.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Do you think that. Do you think that Sami Zayn ends up with more friends now that he's champion? Are people going to. I mean, people kind of have no alternative but to take Sami Zayn seriously now.

[WWE Analyst 2]

They have to. He's the undisputed WWE champion. They have to take him seriously. Does that mean they'll be friends with him? I don't know about that.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Right.

[WWE Analyst 2]

But take him seriously. 100%. He's the champion. He pinned Cody Rose.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And Cody is one of those forever Cody get pinned. That's my point. Right?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Never.

[WWE Analyst 1]

It rarely happens. You know, Cody, I mean, he got. Brock Lesnar has beaten Cody. Drew McIntyre has been Cody, Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns. There might be one other per I, but that's what I'm. That's to My mind's recollection. That's the only. And on all of those people, Cody was able to get his win back.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

But Sammy did it again.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And you know, as these three Superstars were making their entrance tonight at Night of Champions, you see Sammy enter first, then Gunter, then Cody. And I'm thinking to myself, oh, my gosh, there's so much riding on this match. Five weeks away from SummerSlam, the story that Sami Zayn has been telling us with Cody Rhodes, Gunter's involvement, you look at these three Superstars and I said this might be a match of the

[WWE Analyst 1]

year contender, not just because of the wrestlers, but because of how much story is going on here.

[Grainger Commercial Voice]

Correct.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And I feel like it's. It happened under. Under our noses.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes. Rather quickly, right?

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yes, yes. And it happened without it being totally clear who the players were.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes. Like all of a sudden, Sami Zayn, the last real good guy a couple weeks ago, I go, he could. He could do this.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Right, Right. It doesn't seem like that long ago that we were sitting there going like, why are they. Why. Why is Sammy keep showing up and hitting water bottles?

[Grainger Commercial Voice]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And you're like, okay. And then step, step, step, step. And all of a sudden, dust clears and this thing's in front of us and you go, oh, it was right there the whole time.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And that. And you get. And you. And you feel this level of excitement for it. Who would have thought the two champions in the WWE right now are Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It just occurred to me, the OTC and the honorary.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah, that's.

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's crazy.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You want to tell me about the significance of the bloodline story? That's who the two champions are right now. I mean, what a night. And I'm going to tell you this, too. We're going to see Friday on smackdown, I suppose, unless Sammy shows up to rob it. Maybe. Well, I don't know. Maybe.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I mean, Oba's the king of the.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. The next time we see Sami Zayn, you know what we're going to realize? I believe this is my prediction. I don't think any of these buildings are going to boo that guy anymore.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I don't think so either.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Those days are done.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I think so, too.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Those days are over. It's one of those things, and I've talked about this before, where you go, you attribute a reaction to a certain crowd and that happens sometimes it's negative. Right. Somebody gets booed in like Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, those quote unquote, tough crowds. But you see, it on television and there's something contagious about it. So then when you go to some of these other cities, oh, we boo. Now this is what we do. I think Sami Zang coming out with Ride or Die written on his knee pads. And I'm sitting there going, man, I do remember when I had the, the. What was it, like, the insane T shirt from his NXT run. Like, I do remember when he showed up on Monday Night Raw to answer the John Cena Open Challenge. You know, I do remember showing up to WrestleMania 38 and thinking Sami Zayn versus Johnny Knoxville.

[WWE Analyst 2]

But it was amazing.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And it turns into the. One of the matches of the night.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Remember when he was. He was fighting all the conspiracies within wwe, of course, making the documentary that we never got to see, by the way.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Well, we're still waiting upon it. You know, all these Sami Zayn moments, I think they all come flooding back and, and the contagious nature with which we cheered on Sami Zayn so many times. I think that instead of sort of zooming in on what's going on right now, this forced us almost to zoom out on Sami Zayn, the WWE Superstar. And honestly, the guy that was never supposed to do it, Sami Zayn, came into WWE at a time when the Sami Zayn's of the world, the people that had made their names on the independents, were not WWE guys, right? Because it was Sammy. Sami Zayn was that first one, and then Kevin Owens was after that and Finn Balor was after that. And you started to see that evaporated, that concept evaporated. But it was strong when Sami Zayn first showed up. And the idea that he just kept fighting and just kept fighting and just kept fighting, I think it's. I think it's impossible to boo. And at least in the short term, I think the boos will cease and be. And be replaced by absolute adulation.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I'm interested to see because I found myself struggling to boo for this reaction, because you think of everything you've seen Sammy do and you point out WrestleMania 38. We all think about the night in Montreal and I think that was a night that everybody, even the biggest bloodline D1 glazers like yourself, Sam Roberts, you even would have been okay if Sami Zayn walked out of Montreal with that title. But tonight it felt like, all right, I won't put it up.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Just don't spread those types of rumors right now. That's not what this is about.

[WWE Analyst 2]

You felt it, though.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's not what this is about.

[WWE Analyst 2]

You felt It.

[WWE Analyst 1]

We're not talking about it, though.

[WWE Analyst 2]

But tonight, that's old stuff. It felt like a moment that we had all been waiting for for a very, very long time.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I mean, it's amazing. It was amazing. And also a happening, for lack of a better term. Right?

[WWE Analyst 2]

It finally happened.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yes. Yes. I mean, you know, the idea that, like, I think that was a big conversation. Oh, it'd be cool if the title did change, but I don't think it will. I mean, Cody's the champion. Cody is not the guy who is the champion. Cody's the champion.

[WWE Analyst 2]

He's QB1.

[WWE Analyst 1]

He's associated with that title.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Face of the company.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Before we get into what's next, we got to talk about the king of the ring. But both the king and the queen of the ring are all over Fanatics and WWE Shop right now thanks to those winners. TE's, of course, EO sky won the queen of the ring tournament. You can celebrate her victory with her new shirt available now at WWE Shop and Fanatics. You see that picture? Triple H, my favorite. Doing the EO points.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It's.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I mean, you talk about contagious. And then of course, Oba Femi is the king of the ring. You could celebrate his victory with his new shirt that is available now on WWE Shop and Fanatics. Beautiful shirts.

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[WWE Analyst 1]

And we have to discuss obafemi because this is a match and you and I discussed it. You know, I put up a video of you and I breaking it down on. On Sirius.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 1]

About the possibilities of what could happen in this match and the context around those possibilities. But now that we know, because these two matches, in my mind were attached the fact that there were so many different ways the triple threat could go and so many different ways the king of the ring could go. That's why I actually thought the ending of smackdown on Friday was so good because you had these five guys and it was. I mean, I think Michael Cole brought up something's gotta give with trick Williams and Ricky Saints. But, like, you want to talk about, something's got to give these five guys. And you're like, somewhere within this mix is a SummerSlam Championship match. And I don't exactly know what it is, but there's. I mean, between the five of them, there's probably 20 different matches.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It was crazy because all week leading up to this, I was like, okay, if Oba wins, he's going after Roman. And that's, you know, the way I would like to see Oba use the King of the Ring title opportunity on Roman Reigns. But then last night on smackdown, when I see Cody in the ring, I go, oh, wait, Saturday night's main event. Oh, Ova and Cody would be pretty good. And then tonight, Sammy wins the title. And I go, forget about that. There are so many different ways this could all play out.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Well, I thought. I thought the same thing as you. When I saw Oba versus Cody, I was like, oh, there's your match.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah. I said, oh, that would be kind of Cody.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Love that Cody has that ability. Like Cody, I think Roman has it too, but Cody has that ability where it's like, he's such a star at this point and he's so sort of. I mean, the QB one thing is not a nickname. It's. It's an essence almost. And, like, the idea that, like, he stares down against somebody and you're like, ooh, that's interesting. That's, you know, I don't want to say industry shifting, but that's something that could make it make a difference.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Well, and it was kind of ironic because a couple days earlier on Monday Night Raw, when Oba stood in the ring and asked the crowd, would you like me to go after the undisputed WWE Championship? And there was a small reaction. But then when he said, do you want me to go after the World Heavyweight Championship? Larger reaction, larger reaction. And then fast forward to smackdown immediately as Cody is in the ring with Oba. We are all thinking the same thing.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Oh, sometimes you got to see it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 1]

But then it doesn't matter because Cody lost the title.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Doesn't matter, right.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Cody lost the title entirely. And you're thinking, too, well, if Jay wins and then Sammy wins, then you could go with Jay and Sammy, which would be great, but Jay lost.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I know.

[WWE Analyst 1]

So you're left with Oba Femi, who is the king of the ring. And there's no sort of, you know, everybody was like, there's this interference. There's that way this could go. There's this way it could go. And it's just a matter of Oba doing what he did the entire tournament. And Jey USO put up a fight, but eventually this guy is. Is. Is tossing Jay USO like a pizza. And then there's a fall from grace. And 1, 2, 3. That's it. That's the way the match goes. That's the way Oba matches go.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I did like how Jay was using similar tactics that he used at WrestleMania to defeat Gunter in this match. You don't often see Jay go for a sleeper. He went for it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

If I can wear him down, if I can keep on the ground, what difference does it make how big he is? If he's on the ground, makes no difference. But I think Oba kicking out of that USO splash twice was a big sort of like, okay, it's going to take a little more. Okay, it's going to take a little more. And, you know, I think we did get those moments that we talked about on the preview show on WWE now, which is the, the. The intros where you had the whole crowd yeeting with Jay through the.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Through the crowd. Didn't enter down the ramp.

[WWE Analyst 1]

No, through the crowd.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Through the crowd.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Hit him with a run it back that they requested. But then once the run it back was over and they were like, okay, that was fun. They started going, oh, oh. And you knew, right? I want to see them both. And so you got to see that sort of massive kind of connection with the audience. But Oba wins. Makes it clear. Nick Aldis, first of all, what was up with Nick Aldis in that red jacket presenting EO and Oba with the King and the Queen of the ring? If I'm Adam Pierce, I'm furious at this.

[WWE Analyst 2]

You're always going after Adam Pierce, but

[WWE Analyst 1]

that's because he let the other g. Those are his Superstars. Those are Adam Pearce's Superstars. Those are Raw Superstars. The smackdown general manager going, congratulations. Oh, but that's Adam Pierce's spot.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Maybe at a day off.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Take it right? This is when you're going to take it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I don't know.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I mean, imagine Nick Aldis trying to wheel and deal. He already got Finn Balor over to smackdown. Imagine he's sitting there going, like, you know, I did give you the king of the ring crown just now. And they're like, oh, yeah, that's pretty cool. That's a pretty cool thing you did. You know, you could probably get even a little more if you come over to smackdown.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Do you think Adam Pearce's seat's getting a little hot.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I think it is, and I think it should be. I mean, Oba has not made it clear who he's going for. Sure, we know who he is, and we'll talk about that in a moment.

[WWE Analyst 2]

But I mean, are you nervous about this?

[WWE Analyst 1]

If Nick Aldis politics and he will politic for Oba to go after the WWE Champion, all of a sudden, smackdown is drafted an agent that is not free. He's a raw superstar. But smackdown has this coup on its hands. I just think it's something that Adam Pierce should keep an eye on. But it does. Oba telling the world you can't beat destiny is this. This idea of Oba not being on destiny's side, but Oba being destiny incarnate, you know what I mean, where it's like, destiny has a plan for all of us. That's what it looks like.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And that's a terrifying sight if you're anybody except Obafemi.

[WWE Analyst 1]

If something is destined, don't fight it, because it's going to happen. And that's at this point how Oba sees himself. And honestly, like, who's to argue with

[WWE Analyst 2]

that point based on what we've seen? I mean, Brock Lesnar would probably be the only one.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Okay, well, over beat him at WrestleMania. So you could. I mean, why. Because he beat him more recently.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Sure.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Oba's beaten Brock Lesnar. Let's not forget that.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And let's remember how Oba responded to the defeat.

[WWE Analyst 1]

How? You mean how. Oh, how Oba did after.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah, he won the king of the ring, everyone. In that fatal four way.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Made his way all the way through the tournament.

[WWE Analyst 1]

He went through five guys and then

[WWE Analyst 2]

pins Jay USO at Night of Champions.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Any more impressive? He beat Dominic Mysterio, which not many people could say they have.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah, it's a good point. I definitely overlooked that one.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Thank you.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I mean, does it at all. Does it at all make you go, okay, we're all excited about this Sami Zayn victory, but if Oba Femi beats Sami Zayn, I mean, if Oba Femi chooses Sami Zayn. That was Freudian. If Oba Femi chooses Sami Zayn to face at SummerSlam, does Sami Zayn have a prayer of this title run lasting more than five weeks?

[WWE Analyst 2]

No.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You know what I mean?

[WWE Analyst 2]

He doesn't. No, he doesn't. And honestly, I go, oh, that's a little.

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That.

[WWE Analyst 2]

That feels like it takes the wind out of the sails.

[WWE Analyst 1]

At least he got his five weeks.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah. I mean, sure, It's a moment that we talked about before that no one can take away from him. And it doesn't matter what happens tomorrow, because Sami Zayn got his World Championship in wwe. But if Oba's just to beat him in five weeks.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Well, if you're over Femi, you know, I think you want to have a year like this. Listen, in 2002, a gentleman won the King of the Ring tournament.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Was that gentleman.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Well, and then that gentleman, you know what he did with his crown? He went to SummerSlam and he won the undisputed championship. That gentleman's name was Brock Lesnar. However, interestingly enough, that Gentleman went to SummerSlam in 2002 and won the undisputed title, but he beat the Rock for it. Now, the Rock's not here, but he's got a family member who's holding a title named Roman Reigns.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes, he does.

[WWE Analyst 1]

If you're Oba, Femi, are you trying to make the biggest supermatch that you can possibly make? Because the biggest supermatch that you can possibly make is Obafemi versus Roman Reigns. I mean, it would. It would. It would bring the house down. At the same time, Obafemi vs Sami Zayn has some charm to it. You can say it'd be the easier one, but you'd be a fool to say that because that's the same type of. I mean, Gunther probably thought that, too, when he fought Sami Zayn. I'll bet, I'll bet. I'll bet Cody and Gunther, I mean, Cody put Sammy into the title match tonight just because he wanted to punish him.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And remember, call him a mosquito.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Mosquito. I mean, this is kind of where. Where. Where Sami Zayn has. Has shined in the past.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Sami Zayn says, go ahead, overlook me. Everybody else has done it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Right. If you're Oba, what do you do?

[WWE Analyst 2]

You go after Sammy.

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[WWE Analyst 1]

Right?

[WWE Analyst 2]

You do. You go after Sammy, you get the

[WWE Analyst 1]

undisputed WWE Championship, and then you make it yours.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. Now.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And then after you establish a reign,

[WWE Analyst 1]

try to get the other one, too.

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's right.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Like Roman Reigns did.

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's right.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Wow. Wow. I can't imagine. I mean, unless you want to do something. Unless, I mean, listen, if you're Oba and you're still feeling that sting of having one defeat on the main roster, maybe what you want to do is go to SummerSlam and say, I don't want to leave any doubt. I want everybody in the world to know the whole company belongs to me. And in order to do that, I'm going to beat the biggest star in the industry. Roman Reigns is the biggest star in the industry. And Obafemi can take. It's a roll of the dice. But if Obafemi is that guy, and I mean, Triple H was on Stephen A. Smith show this week talking about the fact that Obafemi is a guy we're going to be talking about for, I mean, 15 years, I believe, is the number that he said. Like, is he. Does he want to be that guy eventually or does he want to be that guy in August? Because if he wants to be that guy in August, Roman Reigns is the guy that he needs to defeat. And by the way, either Sammy or Roman could beat Obafemi.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Of course they could.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And what kind of what, what kind of stick does that look like in the wheels of Obafemi's bicycle? Is Obafemi flying over the handlebars at that point? What if Obafemi can't get it done at SummerSlam? What does that feel like for Oba?

[WWE Analyst 2]

It's not good. You know, it's not good at all.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Oba doesn't strike me as a patient man. No, he strikes me as a dominant force.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Well, that's exactly what he's done ever since he arrived on Raw.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Dominate.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I want to know, though, in addition to the fallout from what happens next to Obafemi, what happens next to Jey uso? I mean, he was put in this King, King of the Ring tournament with strict orders from the otc. Roman Reigns.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

To win the tournament and to go after the title that he had not held. Well, specifically, he told him to go after Cody Rhodes. We now know that Cody Rhodes isn't the champion, but I mean, it would

[WWE Analyst 1]

have been even sweeter arguably to go after Sami Zayn.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Of course.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Imagine that.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Of course. But now, because Jay USO couldn't win, Roman Reigns is vulnerable. Obafemi could come after Roman Reigns because Jay USO lost.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. Yeah. So it's a twofold thing there. Look, I don't think Jay's calling home, if that's your question.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I mean, I looked on social media and Joe Jay says that Oba tapped out.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Jay says that Oba tapped out.

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's what he put on his story.

[WWE Analyst 1]

So that sometimes Jay, Jay. I'd like to review the day. Oh, I went. That sounds like that sounds like you making excuses like me. That sounds like one of the ridiculous. Sounds like any typical Monday night after Wrong. When you're like, you know what I thought it literally sounds like what you were saying after War Games.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It doesn't sound like that at all.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Corrupt car. And this one was calling everybody over

[WWE Analyst 2]

back to the audio. She said, come over here. Yeah, come over here.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I bet Jay would listen to this by and go, megan, that's quite a talent. Megan's quite good at this. She really is quite an analyst.

[WWE Analyst 2]

All right, I got a former world heavyweight champion on my side.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's not bad. It's not bad. It's. There are worse things in the world.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I'll take it. You got Jacob. I'll have Jay. Whatever. We'll take it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I mean, at least we're both bloodline.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah, but I just saw on his

[WWE Analyst 1]

Instagram story that he said that he. He thought over was tapping out.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah, he put that on his Instagram.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I think he's. I think he may be the only one who interpreted it that way.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Listen, sometimes Jay's crashing out and we love Crash out.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I do, very much.

[WWE Analyst 2]

We love it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah, but you're right. I mean, so, okay, so that's a twofold thing for Jay, in my opinion, because you look at it and you go, yeah, there's complications there with the tribal chief. He failed the mission that he was tasked with. He, by the way, still hasn't gotten La Knight to stop talking. And to your point, now Roman's got to sit there and worry about to some degree Oba potentially choosing him for a SummerSlam match. Here's the other part of it. There are power dynamics at play within the bloodline.

[WWE Analyst 2]

What do you think Jacob Fatu thought of Jey USO losing the king of the ring tournament?

[WWE Analyst 1]

I mean, if he wasn't listening to his punk ass before, he's certainly not going to listen to his punk ass now. And by the way, that's not my opinion. I say that to quote Jacob Fat to the.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I think he was probably watching today and said that was ass.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I think he probably would if the Samoan werewolf. And I believe we'll get that on Monday in Atlantic City. Hopefully you know what happened at king of the ring Ass. Yeah, no, I think that. But I think that that's right. And Jay and Jimmy have sat there trying to convince the tribal chief to see things their way instead of Jacob's way. But so far, Jacob has been ever since joining up, ever since acknowledging his tribal chief after clash in Italy. The things that Jay has been tasked with, he's been successful at and he's very deliberate about it. You could say, well, he was tasked with bringing Solo home. That's not true. He was tasked with delivering a Message to Solo. He did deliver the message to Solo. And then he himself on Raw last week said, now we just wait. The message has been delivered. Now it's up to Solo. I'm not trying to control the things that I can't control. And I'm trying to. I'm not trying to go outside this play. I'm running the play, as it was called. Now Jay has to answer for, why were you not able to get that thing done? And Roman might look at Jay and go, was I wrong about you?

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's a tough spot.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's a tough spot.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Especially considering that since Jay. Oh. Since Roman has come back, since Jay became a World Heavyweight Champion while, you know, by himself.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

After the bloodline.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Was different.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Roman has treated Jay with a different level of respect.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Right. A world champions level of respect. But Jay's not wrestling for the world Championship at SummerSlam. He didn't win the king of the ring.

[WWE Analyst 2]

He's not.

[WWE Analyst 1]

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[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah. That we saw displayed and successful against Charlotte Flair.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yep. Thought that was really, really good. At one point, Eo, it looked like jammed up her knee on the steel stair. She was able to somehow fight through that.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And Live kept targeting the knee because she's smart.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Fought through it. Hit that moonsault. 1, 2, 3. Eosky becomes the queen of the ring. Not only was I not surprised by this, I was shocked by how confident Liv Morgan was in the whole thing. This was the exact outcome that I knew would happen. Do you know when I knew that Iyo sky would get to have her moment shouting out, I am the queen in the ring with that giant smile. And you know what? I also love that he did what? Put the crown on.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah. Wear the crown.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Crowns are for wearing. They're not for display. I'm going to wear this crown.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Well, I don't know. If Liv were to win, I don't know if the crown would have fit. Big head.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's what I said. I don't think that that's accurate. I don't think that that's true.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I trust you.

[WWE Analyst 1]

What lives had is a standard size, I believe. I don't.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I don't know. I. I wouldn't know.

[WWE Analyst 1]

She is the queen. Eos guy. You know, when I knew she would

[WWE Analyst 2]

be the queen, when Dan Housing came out and cursed Olivia Morgan, it was over.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Dan Housing cursed Liv Morgan straight up. Not sort of. Not a little bit. Dan Housing cursed Liv Morgan as she was walking out. And Liv Morgan brushed it off, which

[WWE Analyst 2]

is crazy that at this point, anybody is brushing off the curse.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Wendy couldn't brush off the curse.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I mean, we saw what the curse did to the Spurs. We saw what the uncursed did to the Knicks. We've seen what the curse has done to every single person who's been cursed in wwe.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Ask Cleveland about that curse.

[WWE Analyst 2]

If you're questioning the curse at this point, I don't know what to tell you.

[WWE Analyst 1]

No, no, no.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And this is a Liv Morgan that a couple weeks ago, she was sneaking into Danhausen's laboratory.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah, yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Trying to get Obafemi curse for her boyfriend, Dominic Mysterio.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. But you know what I mean. Liv Morgan's confidence in herself clearly goes beyond anything.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Well. And she saw what happened to JD On Monday night.

[WWE Analyst 1]

The electrocution.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Well, that's just a literal electrocution. I'm curious to see how JD Will be doing this Monday so far. I mean, look, Miz and Kit Wilson are doing terribly bad. Feels like Matt Cardone is doing all right. You know, I mean, a little confused at times.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Tanhausen and Danhausen, he's very, very tan.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I must have been very sunny in the uk.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah. But usually it is this time of year.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Oh, yeah, yeah. London known for its son. Yeah, for sure. But Liv Morgan getting cursed. And I also. I mean, I would love to know what the sort of timetable is on this curse, because EO and. And. And I think Liv Morgan may have entered this Queen of the ring tournament with a little bit of. A little bit of. Of. Of hubris. I think that she made it clear a little tiny bit. First of all, where is this Liv Morgan hate coming from? Today? You're taking multiple shots at Liv Morgan, and I don't understand where the venom and vitriol is coming from. You Meghan Moran. What is your problem with Liv Morgan?

[WWE Analyst 2]

I'm just.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You've taken multiple shots. You said the big head thing. You said little bit. Why do you have a problem with Live Morgan?

[WWE Analyst 2]

I mean, I don't think a little bit of hubris exactly describes Liv Morgan. She has a lot of hubris.

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A lot.

[WWE Analyst 2]

As part of who she.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And where does she keep it. In her big head, according to you?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 1]

They can't fit a crown on it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's right.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Why are you taking shots at Olivia Morgan?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Because she's.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Because she won't put you in a music video.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah, that's it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Because she didn't consider you as a trouble. Trouble dancer.

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Is that what it is?

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

We are a runner. You're not a dancer.

[WWE Analyst 2]

No.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Get over.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Not an answer. Okay, yeah, the shot. I mean, listen, they're not shots. It's just calling a spade a spade. Confident woman.

[WWE Analyst 1]

They're shots. You're taking multiple shots at Liv Morgan, and it's really. Because you dance like Elaine from Seinfeld. That's not Liv Morgan's fault. You know, and you need to really, like. I normally wouldn't say this. I'd consider checking yourself before you wreck yourself.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Wow.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's. And, you know, I didn't realize it was going to get that serious.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Wow. I didn't either.

[WWE Analyst 1]

But, you know, I can't just sit here. I let you the first one pass. But I know the Live Dom stands out there. I stand with them. They watch what we do. And if I had. If I wasn't calling out the fact that you have animosity towards Live more.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I don't have any.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And I don't know why. I don't know why.

[WWE Analyst 2]

No animosity.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Okay, well, I just want you calling

[WWE Analyst 2]

it like it is.

[WWE Analyst 1]

All right, well, I want you to know how you're coming across. Not down the middle. And you never call it down the middle.

[WWE Analyst 2]

You're just upset that sky is the queen.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I'm not upset. I knew it was going to happen because Liv Morgan was cursed. But it doesn't mean Liv Morgan has a big head and a ton of hubris.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Well, it's a tough time right now for the Judgment Day.

[WWE Analyst 1]

No, it's not.

[WWE Analyst 2]

They had this whole plan. Raquel was going to go for the intercontinental. Liv was going to bring two titles back. Dom's already lost one title.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Jd Liv still has a title, and

[WWE Analyst 2]

there's no plans for Roxanne Perez. Okay.

[WWE Analyst 1]

As far as you know. But they don't tell you everything live. You're negative.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Like, Roxy's sitting there. She's like, what are. What are the plans for me and lives? Like, oh, I got to go. Got to go help jd.

[WWE Analyst 1]

See you later. Very busy. JD had just gotten electrocuted. Okay. Sorry. He needed a little bit of help in that moment. They probably talk later in the week. You're not on the group chat.

[WWE Analyst 2]

No, I'm not.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You're negative. Okay. They wouldn't let you on the group chat. You know why? No pessimists are allowed on the group.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Are you on the group chat?

[WWE Analyst 1]

No, but I don't need to be.

[WWE Analyst 2]

But I'm not an group chat either.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's not me. That's you, too. That was already established on a previous episode. So, anyway, you can go back and look at the archives on the. Now, if you don't believe that Megan Moran is a narc, but everybody knows it to be true. But. But I do think that there might have been a touch, a smidge of hubris in Liv Morgan's plan. Because, you know, I mean, as soon as the brackets were announced, and I believe they were announced on the post show of the clash in Italy.

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's right.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Ble.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And Liv Morgan's name popped up there. And immediately these fans, they start going, well, why would the champion be in there? The winner gets a shot at the championship. And Liv Morgan said, I understand your concerns, but I lobbied to be in this tournament. Cause I would like both titles. I'd like to have it all. And that does fit who we know Live Morgan to be. You probably don't like it because you're negative, but I think a lot of

[WWE Analyst 2]

other people don't like it either. People just want one world title in WWE and there's someone coming for them both. A lot of people might not like that. Rub some people the wrong way.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah, I know. And it stinks when there's somebody who could just take it all. Stop him. Watch him. Trouble, trouble.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Well, that didn't happen.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Fight him. No, it didn't happen because instead the reverse happened. I think that she planned on winning, but didn't realize that if she didn't win, then she'd be in a position where somebody like Iyo sky not only beats her, but then is fully aware of how to beat her, has found the weaknesses, has found the spots. And in that moment, for IO to be like, oh, yeah, I figured you out, Ms. Morgan. I'm gonna get you at SummerSlam. I'm gonna beat you in the tournament. I'm Gonna get your belt. It's like, oh, this could have been. This could have been an error. Liv Morgan.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Did someone say trouble, trouble, trouble.

[Grainger Commercial Voice]

That's her.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's Iyo. Liv is gonna have to figure out a completely. I mean, she pointed right at her immediately. She's holding the crown. And it's like in that moment, you think she'd be overwhelmed with emotion, unable to strategize. Not IO EO's too dangerous for that. EO pointed right at Liv Morgan and said, I'll see you at SummerSlam. And then later in the show, there was a graphic. Is official.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah. And then I saw on social media, Rhea Ripley's tweeting, that's my queen.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. She knew. She knew.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And for all of us hopefuls out there that have just been itching to get IO against Ria, it's just stadium. No biggie was on the show on Monday and he also, he said no.

[WWE Analyst 1]

He said like this. Oh, yeah, I guess that would be cool.

[WWE Analyst 2]

No, he said, I would love that you've been.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You've been chomping at the bit for their friendship to be destroyed.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I just want the match. I like conflict. I know conflict in pro wrestling, but there's a lot of conflict between Eos guy and Liv Morgan.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Cool. What do you think of Ren Sinclair and Kendall Gray?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Oh, I can't wait. I can't wait for them to hate each other too.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I know.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Great.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I knew it. I knew it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I can't wait for them to hate each other.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And what do you think about the

[WWE Analyst 2]

Judgment Day break up?

[WWE Analyst 1]

Let's do it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Let's do it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You see what I'm saying? It's not even me making stuff up. That's your pitch for everything. Are those two getting along? Hopefully something horrible comes between them is what you say, and they have to fight.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It is going to be very, very difficult for Liv Morgan to go back in that Judgment Day clubhouse and look at her Judgment Day family having not gotten the job done. And with a threat like Iyo sky, who many, myself included, consider the best wrestler on the planet. That's totally staring right down at her.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's totally fair. I think the Judgment Day should be understanding. It's not live. More live. Morgan got further in a tournament than anybody else in the Judgment Day.

[Grainger Commercial Voice]

Sure.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Raquel was out, what, in the first round?

[WWE Analyst 2]

No, second second.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Dominic made it to the second round as well.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Roxanne was out in the first round.

[WWE Analyst 1]

So it's like, you know, king of the ring is hard. Queen of the ring is Hard. Liv made it all the way to the finals, and she's still the champion.

[WWE Analyst 2]

She can't lose that championship, though. That'd be detrimental to the Judgment Day.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's fair.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Judgment Day needs to figure out a way.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I think Liv has five weeks to figure out a completely different game plan, because that is the other thing, Right. It's hard to go back to back, if what I'm saying were true. That, oh, I beat you, I just go and beat you again. Then explain Obafemi and Brock Lesnar. Explain all rematches that have gone differently. Because the same way EO has now figured out live, Liv has figured out Iyo. And if IO won this King of the Ring match, why would she change up her strategy? You would think she wouldn't, right? She'd go like, okay, I'm going to. I'm going to. I'm going to, like, build on this, probably, but I'm going to do something similar because I want the same result.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Now, do you think Liv Morgan getting cursed had anything to do with Iyo sky picking her right then and there?

[WWE Analyst 1]

Ooh, that's a great question that. I realized that. This curse.

[WWE Analyst 2]

This is the real deal, this curse.

[WWE Analyst 1]

So when he uncurse the Knicks. Yeah. You got a good two rounds of playoffs and a championship series out of that, right?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah. I mean, he cursed him back in April.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Was that how long it was?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah, it was in April.

[WWE Analyst 1]

So we basically got all of May and half of June.

[WWE Analyst 2]

What was it, 15 and 1?

[WWE Analyst 1]

15 and 1. It's probably about. It was probably four weeks, 16 games. Probably about four, five weeks. Four or five weeks.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Which SummerSlam is in five weeks. So EO did quick math right there. Said live got cursed. I'll. I'll capitalize on this curse.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. Wow. Do you think Dan hasn't cursed that lady that stole a garbage can?

[WWE Analyst 2]

You think he cursed J.P. morgan?

[WWE Analyst 1]

I don't know. I don't know for sure. I don't know for sure. But what I do know is the Tops now captures major milestones and viral moments from the biggest events. We saw incredible cards already this year from WrestleMania backlash, Clash in Italy, you know, as they always do before ples, Tops put out a Night of Champions poster card. Customers who buy this card have a chance at receiving rainbow foil short prints and gold super short prints. Limited to only 26 copies each, cards are available only until Monday, June 29th. Also, look out for the big moment. WWE Tops now cards coming out of Night of Champions this weekend. Make sure you're following at Tops on social and sign up for notifications on tops.com so you don't miss when a big card drops. The poster card looks really, really cool. Hopefully we'll have an update on the Raw recap podcast on those cards, because I am crossing my fingers that we get a Sami Zayn wins the championship. Tops now. But I wonder here if we get a Tops now card for Seth Rollins, who won his match against Braun Breaker. It was Braun Breaker and Seth Rollins inside of a steel cage. And by the way, very interesting to me. No Austin Theory, no Logan Paul. It really was just one on one, and it felt to me like that's how Braun Breaker wanted it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah. I remember on Monday you asked me, do you think everybody else will play a role? And I said, no, you said, I do. So there you go. Boom. Right?

[WWE Analyst 1]

Okay, cool. Yeah. No, I was going to ask for your input, and you just decided to Barry Horowitz, pat yourself on the back instead of any input. So that's how you know you're good. Definitely not a weirdo, negative person. So.

[WWE Analyst 2]

No, but I do. I agree. I do think that's how Bron Breaker wanted it. And I love how this match started. Both of the men sitting on the steel chair and Seth saying, we're going to see how much of a man you are.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. Yes.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And that's what it really was about that set the stage right from the beginning.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Seth filling up that ring with steel chairs, Kendo sticks table. Braun Breaker saying, no problem, fam, if that's how you want this to go. Him throwing steel chairs in there, kendo sticks, garbage cans, and the two of them just taking that moment with old Chucky Robinson in between them. And I really love that, that the bell rang and they were still sitting in those chairs because I think the fact that they were surrounded by solid steel was an opportunity for the two of them to be aware that this is it. This is not a chapter. This is definitive. And I think that that may be why Bron Breaker wanted to do this without the vision. I think that that's maybe why Seth Rollins wanted this to be in a cage. I think that they both were ready for the questions to be done. And I think. And we'll get back to some of the other stuff, but I think if you fast forward all the way to the end of this match when Bron Breaker is telling Seth Rollins he's got to do more, he's got to do more, and Seth gets up onto the top rope for that super stomp, I think that in on some Level Braun Breaker needed to feel something that severe. Cause he was not going to stop getting up. And he knew it. He knew. He may have known in that moment. And I'm putting thoughts into his head, I suppose, but he may have known in that moment. I don't know if I have what it takes to beat Seth Rollins right now, but I know he hasn't done enough to beat me. And I'm not going down if he hasn't done enough to beat me yet. That was the messaging that I got. Maybe I'm being poetic, maybe I'm being romantic.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And back to the beginning where Seth said, we're gonna find out what kind of man you are. Y Ron was trying to show him.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Do you think. You know, you talked about Liv Morgan going back to the Judgment Day after a loss. We talked about J uso going back to the bloodline after a loss. What do you think the Vision thinks of. Of Bron Breaker having to go back home after a loss?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Well, they just lost their tag team titles on Monday.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

So it's.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And you could argue that that was. You could argue that was Bron Breaker's fault.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I don't know if it was because he got distracted.

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He left.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You could make the argument that it was. Do you think that they're holding that against Brom Breaker? Do you think that they're still like, no, no, no. Braun Breaker is our meal ticket.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I think they can hold it against Bron Breaker. I really do. I think the. Him losing tonight was like, think about back when Bron Breaker turned on Seth Rollins and changed the Vision forever. Kicked Seth Rollins out of the Vision. He was the leader. Bron Breaker can't beat the man that he kicked out at the Vision. I think you have to go back to the drawing board.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yes. And while I'm not saying you're wrong, I am saying if the. If the record could show, if the jury could notice that she once again said, they're probably going to be mad at each other and maybe break up. Isn't that weird?

[WWE Analyst 2]

I didn't say they'd maybe break up, but I definitely said they. I mean, listen.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Might have been a little entrapment involved in that question.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Someone in your team loses.

[WWE Analyst 1]

They. I don't know. It's never happened. I wouldn't know.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It's okay. Get them again next time. You tried your best.

[WWE Analyst 1]

That's true. I guess. I wouldn't say that.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I'm not that kind of person.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You're not?

[WWE Analyst 2]

No.

[WWE Analyst 1]

What do you think you are?

[WWE Analyst 2]

The results driven Business.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Would you qualify for the Olympic trial?

[WWE Analyst 2]

I did the results driven business.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I guess you're right. I guess you're right. And actions have consequences.

[WWE Analyst 2]

They do.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. I guess you're right. Listen, Seth, do you think that Seth Rollins is definitively done with the Vision?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Done, done.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Not with Paul Heyman.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Okay. That's a great.

[WWE Analyst 2]

You know, I don't think he's done with Paul Heyman.

[WWE Analyst 1]

So you think that the Vision and Paul Heyman are not. Are kind of two different bodies? Because I, I kind of. As I asked that question, I assumed the division was Paul Heyman. But I like this, that you're going like the faction. Yeah. Those wrestlers, Sure, I made them pay. But you don't think, even though Paul Heyman got speared through that barricade, you don't think he's done with Paul Heyman?

[WWE Analyst 2]

I don't think he's done with Paul Heyman. I think he's going to, as Becky lynch put it in that iconic promo, I mean, memorable in Paul Heyman's ear, and it was a very loud whisper.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. It certainly translated through television that Seth

[WWE Analyst 2]

was going to come. For every single person that Paul Heyman loves, I think going after his World Heavyweight Championship that he's never lost is certainly part of the plan. I don't think Paul Heyman is off the hook. I think he's also part of that plan as well.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Do you think that Seth still going after Paul Heyman distracts too much from Seth doing right by Seth?

[WWE Analyst 2]

It could.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You know what I mean?

[WWE Analyst 2]

I don't know what Paul Heyman's involvement right now is with the Vision, while

[WWE Analyst 1]

right now he's doing it remote.

[WWE Analyst 2]

That's right.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Because he got remote learning. Yeah. Learning because he got speared through a barricade. So right now I don't know if he's doing much of anything, but, yeah, I mean, I, I, I, I kind of am hopeful, I'll say I'm hopeful that for the betterment of Seth Rollins, that he takes the dub sometimes. No. Even if you still got those feelings bubbling in your gut, you just take

[WWE Analyst 2]

the win, you just gotta let it go.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You let it go, you take the win, you won, accept the win and move on.

[WWE Analyst 2]

You know, I do think, though, there will always be things there between Paul Heyman and Seth. Now, whether those things come to a head in three weeks, whether those things come to a head in three years, I don't know.

[WWE Analyst 1]

But that's a good.

[WWE Analyst 2]

But I don't think all of a sudden it's Let bygones be bygones. As it relates to Paul Heyman, I

[WWE Analyst 1]

think there's a difference between letting bygones be bygones and just kind of letting go. Like, I think, I think now I hope Seth is able to say, okay, I've, I've, I've proven what I need to prove and I've said my piece. I'm done with this. That doesn't mean that the Vision or Paul Heyman can be like, okay, we're cool now, right? It's like, no, we'll never be cool. Never will never be cool. But I don't think there's any question as to whether or not I'm the guy you should be messing with. And I, you know, and it goes back. Like, I don't think now Seth Rollins had already decided that he was done with the Vision, and the Vision were like, nah, you're not, you're not, you're not. I would think now that the Vision goes, okay, it's time to move. It's time for us to move on and for Seth to move on. But I don't know. I don't know if that'll happen at this point.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I don't think it does the Vision any good to keep chasing for Seth

[WWE Analyst 1]

unless they got more tricks up their sleeve. It could and they always do. But this. The. But the cage match itself was an unbelievable spectacular.

[Grainger Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

When Bron breaker hit that 23 mile an hour spear, he was trying to hit the spear and he ended up going right through the table himself.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It was nuts.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And then when he got busted open, oh my goodness. The image of right here, we're looking at it, of Bron Breaker with the blood all down his eye.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. I mean, I don't think, I think regardless of result, I don't think there's any questioning how great Braun Breaker is. I don't think there's any questioning about what his place in the WWE or in the industry is. I think regardless of result, if you watch that match and you're not saying Bron Breaker is the future of this industry, you didn't watch the match.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I agree.

[WWE Analyst 1]

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[WWE Analyst 2]

Chelsea Green.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Chelsea Green. Chelsea Green shows up.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Phenomenal outfit, by the way.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Phenomenal outfit. Thunderous ovation, redistracts from the distraction. Gets the United States Championship involved. But before it can get involved, J. Cargill gets her hands on Chelsea Green. So now there's distractions on both ends. The referee is trying to. Trying to clear everything out. Jade Cargill's going for the championship. Charlotte Flair shows up out of nowhere, hits Jade Cargill with the championship that she takes away. And look at her realizing. And listen. What goes around comes around. And sometimes in short order, the baddies, I would argue, cost Charlotte, or at least weakened Charlotte severely before going into her King of the Ring or Queen of the Ring qualifying match with Liv Morgan. So Charlotte, here to repay the favor, cleans Jade Cargill's clock with that United States Championship title, leaving her in a prone position for Tiffany Stratton to hit the prettiest moonsault ever. One, two, three. Tiffany Stratton wins. And as she's exiting with the United States Championship, her and Chelsea Green are side by side.

[WWE Analyst 2]

What a sight. What a sight a few months ago when Chelsea Green was calling her tacky time. I never would have thought it, and I never would have thought until a couple weeks ago that we would see Charlotte Flair come to the aid of Tiffany Stratton. Based on all the history those two have together. Yes, it's a wild, wild thing.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I think this is an enemy of my enemy situation for Charlotte, Tiffany. But nonetheless, it's there. And you're right, exactly.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Because look at what Jade and the baddies have done to the entire women's division on smackdown.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Right, Right. And I think that Charlotte is looking to clean that up. And there's no doubt that Charlotte and Jade Cargill are on a collision course. But there was A moment. And I think you're really gonna like that. I bring this up based on how you feel about people who are friends in wrestling.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Okay.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Chelsea Green after the title table.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Gets destroyed. Women's United States Championship is on the ground. Right. Chelsea Green picked up that title to try to get it involved in the match.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

She stopped and looked at it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

She did.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And stared at it like it was an old friend.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Well, it is an old friend.

[WWE Analyst 1]

She's a two time United Women's United States Champion.

[WWE Analyst 2]

The first and the longest. Well, it was the longest.

[WWE Analyst 1]

No, she is not the longest. She only claimed to be the longest. Only when she was the only and the prettiest.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I think she also said only for that first reign. Well, it was true at one point.

[WWE Analyst 1]

At that point. It was indeed true. I mean, she was the tallest. She was also the shortest. You know what I mean? Longest reign and also the shortest reign, to be fair. But she was staring at that title. Do you think that that title has the corrupting powers to get between Tiffany Stratton and Chelsea?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Of course it does.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I knew. Of course you do. Of course you do.

[WWE Analyst 2]

She looked at it, she gazed at it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And you know who do you used to do that a lot? Randy Orton next to Cody Rhodes.

[WWE Analyst 2]

He did.

[WWE Analyst 1]

And look how that turned out.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes, he did.

[WWE Analyst 1]

They're not friends anymore. At all. At all.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Championships change people, man.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah, I wonder. I. I do wonder.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It's pretty. It's pretty savvy, I will say, of Chelsea Green to befriend Tiffany Stratton.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You think you're that negative?

[WWE Analyst 2]

I'm not that. I'm just saying it's pretty sad.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You think that this whole thing is a ruse.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I don't know. I didn't say that. And say that. I don't know if she'd fly all the way to Saudi Arabia, hide under a ring for God knows how long.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Remind me to make sure that nobody's ever friends with you. That's such a terrible way. You think she's friends with Tiffany Stratton specifically to take advantage of her.

[WWE Analyst 2]

If she was. It'd be pretty savvy if she.

[WWE Analyst 1]

So if you found out that was true, you'd be like, that's great.

[WWE Analyst 2]

You go, that's business. I would tip my cap to her.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Wow.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And hope to God no one does it to me. Yeah, that is my Chelsea Green cap over there.

[WWE Analyst 1]

So you're never. Aren't you worried that I'm going to betray you at some point?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Always keeps me up at night.

[WWE Analyst 1]

It does yeah, luckily I'm. I've never. I've been described a lot of different ways. Savvy is not one of them. I don't think you have anything to worry about. I'm not bright enough, you know what I mean? I could do this. That's about it. So I don't think I could pull it off. Trick Williams walks out of the night of champions and still the United States champion beats Ricky Saints. Yes, great night for Ricky Saints nonetheless, to be in front of that many eyeballs, but I think clearly not the result that he wanted. He ends up early in the match very, very intelligently hitting that Eddie Guerrero spot where he clangs on the steel step with that candle stick. Blames it on boat.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Savvy.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Lil Yachty. That's savvy. And gets Lil Yachty thrown out.

[WWE Analyst 2]

And for a little bit there I was. I was wondering if. If boat was going to send Ricky a bill for his travels.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I mean, because he was only there for such a short period of time. Yeah, no, that's a good point. That's a real good point. That's a real. But I mean, he clearly ended up being valuable because even without Lil Yachty at ringside, Trick Williams beat Ricky Saints. One, two, three. Great contest. But there's a reason why Trick Williams has, has, has built up the kind of momentum that he has built up. Uh, but at the end of the match, as Trick Williams was celebrating, Ricky Saints getting ready to attack Trick Williams. Lil Yachty comes in for the save. I think Ricky Saints turned around and saw Lil Yachty and went like, I don't know what you think you're gonna do, but it was just enough time for Trick Williams to become aware of what was going on. Lays out Ricky Saints and then Lil Yachty lays out what I would call a people's elbow. Corey Graves campaigned for it to be called a people's elbow.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I like it.

[WWE Analyst 1]

But Michael Cole calling it the Yacht Drop. I do feel like Michael Cole wins this round. The Yacht Drop is probably it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

It was great. I thought Corey's was amazing.

[WWE Analyst 1]

People's elbow.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Right.

[WWE Analyst 2]

But then when Michael Cole dropped. Yacht drop. Yacht drop, I said, he wins.

[WWE Analyst 1]

He wins that one.

[WWE Analyst 2]

He wins. Listen, I didn't know Cole had that in him.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Cole loves hip hop. He's a hip hop head from back in the day. Yeah, that's his guy. Lil Yachty. You didn't know that?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Well, he always says it's his guy,

[WWE Analyst 1]

but now I. Lil Yachty is Michael Cole's guy. His guy, he loves. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Michael Cole. A lot of people don't know this Michael Cole. Well, he is a songstress. But he also has an open invite to the cookout. From what I've heard, this is the rumors. I can't. I don't have those invites to dole out, but that's what I've heard. That's what I.

[WWE Analyst 2]

You know, big if true.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Big if true. I will double that. Liliati loves this. Clearly. We see him. He's traveling all. He was in London. He was in Riyadh, which is crazy,

[WWE Analyst 2]

because when he first started showing up around Trick Williams, I did think, oh, is this just on the way to Wrestlemania?

[WWE Analyst 1]

No.

[WWE Analyst 2]

After Wrestlemania, does this go away?

[WWE Analyst 1]

Lil Yachty dropped an elbow on. On Ricky Saints tonight. You think Lil Yachty is done being physically involved?

[WWE Analyst 2]

No.

[WWE Analyst 1]

He's gonna do it, isn't he? We're gonna see him in the ring.

[WWE Analyst 2]

I hope so.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You do?

[WWE Analyst 2]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You're not worried about his safety?

[WWE Analyst 2]

No. Not at all. Nope.

[WWE Analyst 1]

I don't know.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Are you?

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah.

[WWE Analyst 2]

You are?

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Yes.

[WWE Analyst 1]

He's not a professional wrestler. I also love professional wrestling. You know what would happen if I got in the ring with a wrestler I beat?

[Grainger Commercial Voice]

Not good.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Not good. You would love it.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Oh, I would love.

[WWE Analyst 1]

You'd love to watch it. You have to find a new co host. Cause I'd be laid up, you know, at whatever medical facility Paul Heyman is at.

[WWE Analyst 2]

Savvy of me. Let me write that one.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Okay.

[WWE Analyst 2]

All right, Sam. In the ring.

[Progressive Insurance Narrator]

You know what, guys?

[WWE Analyst 1]

What if it was a solo show? What do we think of that? No, I, I, I, I don't think it would be good. I mean, listen, I want to see it happen because I want to see it happen for Lil Yachty. But I can't imagine. Look, unless. Maybe he's got some. Maybe he's got something rolled up in his sleeve. He looked like a million bucks. Maybe he's got something rolled up that sleeve. Lil Yachty. Maybe he's got a move set that we don't know about. But there was something about that elbow drop. Like we saw Snoop Dogg drop an elbow at WrestleMania. I said, that's just a fun thing for tonight. Lil Yachty. There's something about it where it's like

[WWE Analyst 2]

he had been working on that one.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yes. And I feel like that's not the only thing he's working on.

[WWE Analyst 2]

On. Good.

[WWE Analyst 1]

Yeah. Well, we'll see. Look, it was a thrilling night of champions. Once again, Sami Zayn is the WWE Champion. I cannot believe it. I cannot wait to see all of this spill out on Monday Night Raw. Of course, we will be right here after Monday Night Raw with an early start time. Raw will be on at 6pm Eastern, so we'll be on after that. Subscribe across all audio platforms, leave comments, hit like on YouTube and we'll see you on Monday after Raw. For more WWE now.